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Written question asked by David Crausby (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 5 March 2010. It was answered by David Kidney (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 March 2010 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Housing: Insulation

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many houses have been insulated in Bolton under Government schemes in each of the last five years.
Answer

The three principal Government schemes to encourage take-up of energy efficiency measures in Great Britain are Warm Front, the Decent Homes programme, and the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT). Table A shows the number of homes in Bolton to be insulated under Warm Front since the scheme began in 2000.Local authority and housing association homes are assisted through the Government-funded Decent Homes programme, as well as councils' own capital resources. Table B shows the capital investment allocated by Government to Bolton council for their housing stock since 2001 through Decent Homes.CERT is an obligation on energy suppliers to achieve reductions in the level of CO2 emitted by the domestic sector. It and its predecessor schemes have delivered some 7.5 million key insulation measures to homes in Great Britain since 2002. Energy suppliers are not currently required to report at local authority level where they have installed measures. The Department is currently finalising agreements with the suppliers and the Energy Saving Trust which will enable the reporting of the number of CERT measures professionally installed to a local authority level. It will also allow local authorities to sign agreements with the Energy Saving Trust to see energy efficiency delivery in their local areas.

Table A: Number of houses in Bolton that have been insulated through the Warm Front Scheme in the last five years
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10¹
Cavity Wall Insulation 212 568 500 412 249
Draught proofing 162 485 492 293 189
Loft Insulation 268 621 632 525 323
Total 642 1674 1624 1230 761
¹ Up to 28 February 2010.
Source:
EAGA 2010
Table B: Number of LA dwellings that received insulation, and associated expenditure, Bolton 2005-09
Dwellings Expenditure (£000)
2005 1,276 299
2006 102 24
2007 2,378 559
2008 1,812 482
2009 89 24
Source:
Annual returns to Communities and Local Government

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c258-60W; 321189
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Housing Insulation Bolton
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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